2023–24 FC Lugano season

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The 2023–24 season was FC Lugano's 116th season in existence and ninth consecutive in the Swiss Super League. They also competed in the Swiss Cup, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League.

ManagerMattia Croci-Torti

StadiumCornaredo Stadium

Swiss Super League2nd

Swiss CupRunners-up

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FC Lugano
2023–24 season
Manager	Mattia Croci-Torti
Stadium	Cornaredo Stadium
Swiss Super League	2nd
Swiss Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa Conference League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Žan Celar (6) All: Žan Celar (10)
Biggest win	FC Gunzwil 0–7 Lugano
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Players

First-team squad

As of 6 January 2024^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SUI	Amir Saipi
4	DF	KOS	Kreshnik Hajrizi
5	DF	SUI	Albian Hajdari
6	DF	ECU	Jhon Espinoza
7	MF	CZE	Roman Macek
8	MF	SUI	Adrian Durrer
9	FW	SVN	Žan Celar
10	FW	SUI	Mattia Bottani
11	FW	SUI	Renato Steffen
13	GK	SUI	Serif Berbic
14	MF	URU	Jonathan Sabbatini (captain)
15	GK	GRE	Fotis Pseftis
16	MF	SUI	Anto Grgić
17	DF	GER	Lars Lukas Mai


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	FRA	Hicham Mahou
19	FW	KOS	Shkelqim Vladi
21	MF	FRA	Yanis Cimignani
22	DF	MAR	Ayman El Wafi
23	DF	ARG	Milton Valenzuela
25	MF	SUI	Uran Bislimi
26	DF	POR	Martim Marques
27	FW	SUI	Boris Babic
28	MF	SVN	Abel Marc
29	MF	TUN	Mohamed Belhadj Mahmoud
31	FW	ARG	Ignacio Aliseda
34	DF	SUI	Allan Arigoni
41	DF	SUI	Noah De Queiroz
58	GK	NGA	Sebastian Osigwe

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SUI	Attilio Morosoli (at Bellinzona until 31 December 2023)
—	MF	CIV	Ousmane Doumbia (at Chicago Fire until 31 December 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SUI	Maren Haile-Selassie (at Chicago Fire until 31 December 2023)
—	FW	SUI	Nikolas Muci (at Wil until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

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Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Anto Grgić	Sion	Free	1 July 2023	^[2]
MF	Yanis Cimignani	Ajaccio	Free	1 July 2023	^[3]

Out

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Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Fabio Daprelà	Zürich	Free	1 July 2023
FW	Mohamed El Amine Amoura	Union Saint-Gilloise	€4,000,000	18 August 2023	^[4]
MF	Maren Haile-Selassie	Chicago Fire		31 December 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

29 June 2023 Friendly	Bellinzona	2–3	Lugano
17:30

4 July 2023 Friendly	SpVgg Unterhaching	1–1	Lugano	Malles Venosta, Italy
17:30				Stadium: Stadio Malles Venosta

12 July 2023 Friendly	Lugano	5–1	FC Paradiso
18:30

9 January 2024 Friendly	Lugano	0-4	Genk	Spain
11:00		Report		Stadium: Melia Villaitana Football Center

12 January 2024 Friendly	Lugano	1-0	FC Schaffhausen	Lugano
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium

17 January 2024 Friendly	Lugano	1-1	FC Paradiso	Biasca
14:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Campo Sportivo "Al Vallone"

Competitions

Overall record

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Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Swiss Super League	26 July 2023	May 2024	Matchday 1		18	8	2	8	32	30	+2	044.44
Swiss Cup	19 August 2023		Round 1		3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	100.00
UEFA Europa League	24 August 2023	31 August 2023	Play-off round	Play-off round	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	21 September 2023	14 December 2023	Group stage	Group stage	6	1	1	4	6	14	−8	016.67
Total					29	12	3	14	52	47	+5	041.38

Last updated: 17 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Young Boys (C)	38	23	8	7	76	34	+42	77	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Lugano	38	20	5	13	67	51	+16	65	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Servette	38	18	10	10	59	43	+16	64	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[b]
4	Zürich	38	16	12	10	53	41	+12	60	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	St. Gallen	38	16	9	13	60	51	+9	57

Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.^[5]
(C) Champions
Notes:

[a]
Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
[b]
Servette qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as the 2023–24 Swiss Cup winners.

Results summary

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
37	20	5	12	67	49	+18	65	10	3	5	31	20	+11	10	2	7	36	29	+7

Last updated: 20 May 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L
Position	1	1	3	2	3	5	7	5	3	4	6	6	6	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 21 June 2023.^[6]

26 July 2023 1	Stade Lausanne Ouchy	0–3	Lugano	Lausanne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Akichi 40' Abdallah 84'	Report	Steffen 9' Celar 48' Amoura 63' Belhadj Mahmoud 89'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Attendance: 1,784 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

29 July 2023 2	Lugano	1–0	St. Gallen	Lugano
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Valenzuela 28' Celar 70' Hajdari 71' Bottani 90+1'	Report	Jordi Quintillà 16' Zanotti 52' Diaby 75' van der Venne 89' Karlen 90+1'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 4,902 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

5 August 2023 3	Zürich	3–0	Lugano	Zürich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Afriyie 68' 71' 76' Okita 80' Daprelà 90'	Report		Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 13,735 Referee: Sandro Schärer

13 August 2023 4	Lugano	6–1	Yverdon-Sport	Lugano
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sabbatini 24' Valenzuela 32' 65' Vladi 34' Hajdari 37' Bottani 41' 42' Sauthier 51' (o.g.) Bislimi 59' Steffen 79'	Report	Kevin Carlos 8' Tijani 81' 81' Mauro Rodrigues 86'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 3,144 Referee: Mirel Turkes

3 September 2023 6	Luzern	3–2	Lugano	Lucerne
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dorn 3' Meyer 19' 22' (pen.) Beloko 64' 76' Villiger 74'	Report	Espinoza 4' 71' Vladi 13' 90+6' Bislimi 33' El Wafi 72' Grgić 90+8'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

24 September 2023 7	Young Boys	4–1	Lugano	Bern
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nsame 19' 37' Joël Monteiro 32' Lustenberger 57' Janko 90'	Report	Espinoza 9' Hajdari 66' Cimignani 80'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 27,805 Referee: Luca Cibelli

27 September 2023 8	Lugano	2–1	Lausanne-Sport	Lugano
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Celar 34' Cimignani 73'	Report	Husic 23' Dussenne 37' Sanches 48' 60'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 2,474 Referee: Nico Gianforte

30 September 2023 9	Winterthur	2–3	Lugano	Winterthur
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stillhart 31' Schättin 62' Burkart 68' Jankewitz 85' Buess 90+3'	Report	Vladi 22' Hajdari 33' Macek 49' Cimignani 62' Martim Marques 70' Belhadj Mahmoud 73' Steffen 83' Sabbatini 89'	Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese Attendance: 7,850 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

8 October 2023 10	Lugano	0–1	Servette	Lugano
14:15 CET (UTC+1)	Mai 84'	Report	Crivelli 38' Mazikou 41'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 3,523 Referee: Sandro Schärer

22 October 2023 11	Grasshopper Club Zürich	2–1	Lugano	Zürich
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Morandi 50' Schürpf 71' Corbeanu 81' Ndenge 90+3'	Report	Mai 73' Hajdari 83' Bislimi 90+2'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 6,102 Referee: Esther Staubli

29 October 2023 12	Lugano	1–1	Young Boys	Lugano
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Martim Marques 38' Cimignani 70' 78' Belhadj Mahmoud 79'	Report	Amenda 13' Ugrinić 58' 90+5' Ganvoula 90+5'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 3,556 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

4 November 2023 13	Lausanne-Sport	3–1	Lugano	Lausanne
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sanches 27' Sène 32' Kalu 71' Labeau 80' Schwizer 90+4'	Report	Hajrizi 26' Martim Marques 44' 70' Sabbatini 75' Macek 79'	Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière Attendance: 4,212 Referee: Esther Staubli

12 November 2023 14	Lugano	0–3	Zürich	Lugano
16:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Okita 14' Kamberi 33' Marchesano 88'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 4,636 Referee: Urs Schnyder

25 November 2023 15	Yverdon-Sport	0–5	Lugano	Yverdon-les-Bains
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tasar 45+1' Alves 90'	Report	Hajrizi 22' 74' Hajdari 45+1' 57' Celar 59' 62' Babic 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mirel Turkes

3 December 2023 16	Lugano	1–0	Luzern	Lugano
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mahou 43' Belhadj Mahmoud 50' Sabbatini 58' Celar 90+3'	Report	Frýdek 61'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 2,905 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

6 December 2023 5	Lugano	1–3	Basel	Lugano
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Macek 25' 54' Steffen 49' Vladi 77' Saipi 89' Hajrizi 89'	Report	Schmid 18' Rüegg 21' Dubasin 29' Jovanović 61' Salvi 86' Renato Veiga 89' Avdullahu 89' Beney 90+2'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 3,158 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

10 December 2023 17	Lugano	2–1	Winterthur	Lugano
14:15 CET (UTC+1)	Belhadj Mahmoud 16' Hajdari 35' Steffen 39' Arigoni 74' Celar 83' Hajrizi 90+3' Bislimi 90+4'	Report	Burkart 82' Schättin 83' Ballet 90+2' Ramizi 90+7'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 2,701 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

17 December 2023 18	Servette	2–2	Lugano	Lancy
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bedia 27' (pen.) 40' Ondoua 29' 83' Diba 89'	Report	Steffen 26' Macek 31' Vladi 53' Chinwendu Johan Nkama 67' El Wafi 84' Sabbatini 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 2,873 Referee: Luca Cibelli

21 January 2024 19	Lugano	2–3	Stade Lausanne Ouchy	Lugano
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bislimi 61' 82' Mahou 66' Cimignani 79' Vladi 90+3'	Report	Kyeremateng 8' (pen.) Mischa Eberhard 17' 45+1' Ismaël Gharbi 35' 55' Akichi 84' Mergim Qarri 90+8'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 2,111 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

28 January 2024 20	St. Gallen	1–4	Lugano	St. Gallen
14:15 CET (UTC+1)	Görtler 5' Schubert 51' Stevanović 68' Ati-Zigi 90+3' Mambimbi 90+4'	Report	Sabbatini 45' 71' El Wafi 47' Celar 73' 90+3' Vladi 77' Bislimi 80' Saipi 90+1'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 17,179 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

31 January 2024 21	Lugano	0–0	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Lugano
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Momoh 2' Abrashi 35' Abels 64'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 2,362 Referee: Johannes von Mandach

3 February 2024 22	Basel	0–1	Lugano	Basel
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Vouilloz 64'	Report	Steffen 69' Valenzuela 72' Bislimi 81' Celar 89'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 20,561 Referee: Fedayi San

10 February 2024 23	Lugano	3–3	Young Boys	Lugano
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bislimi 45+1' Hajrizi 56' Celar 80' (pen.) Grgić 82' Espinoza 87'	Report	Colley 8' von Ballmoos 45+1' Mvuka 52' Camara 60' Ugrinić 62'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 2,824 Referee: Nico Gianforte

18 February 2024 24	Servette	2–1	Lugano	Lancy
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mazikou 60' Bronn 78' Stevanović 83' Bolla 89' (pen.) Magnin 90+4'	Report	Belhadj Mahmoud 11' Mahou 18' Sabbatini 43' Grgić 75'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 6,438 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

25 February 2024 25	Lugano	2–0	Zürich	Lugano
14:15 CET (UTC+1)	Belhadj Mahmoud 19' Vladi 25' (pen.) Celar 68' Mahou 82'	Report	Kryeziu 24' Cheveyo Tsawa 29' Rodrigo Conceição 33'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 4,151 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

3 March 2024 26	Luzern	0–1	Lugano	Lucerne
14:15 CET (UTC+1)	Grbić 51' Kadák 52' Jashari 62' Ulrich 90+2'	Report	Vladi 34' 40' Valenzuela 58' Sabbatini 74' Mai 75'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 13,442 Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam

9 March 2024 27	St. Gallen	2–3	Lugano	St. Gallen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Akolo 3' Guebbels 13' Witzig 90+6'	Report	Celar 10' Grgić 23' Saipi 45+2' Belhadj Mahmoud 47' Bislimi 80'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 16,790 Referee: Fedayi San

16 March 2024 28	Lugano	2–0	Yverdon-Sport	Lugano
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	El Wafi 17' Belhadj Mahmoud 37' Hajrizi 50' Valenzuela 58'	Report	Kamenović 35' Mahious 70' Christian Marques 86'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 3,821 Referee: Mirel Turkes

30 March 2024 29	Stade Lausanne Ouchy	1–3	Lugano	Lausanne
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diakité 44' Abdallah 67' Damașcan 90' (pen.)	Report	Hajdari 21' Grgić 52' Doumbia 76' Celar 79' Przybyłko 86'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Attendance: 1,921 Referee: Luca Cibelli

2 April 2024 30	Lugano	2–0	Basel	Lugano
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Steffen 41' 69' Hajdari 44' Macek 52'	Report	Dräger 55' Kacuri 55' Augustin 64' Kayombo 66' Frei 67'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 3,975 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

6 April 2024 31	Winterthur	2–2	Lugano	Winterthur
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Schneider 63' Arnold 82' Turkeš 84'	Report	Cimignani 48' Grgić 58' Espinoza 83' Hajdari 87'	Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Johannes von Mandach

13 April 2024 32	Grasshopper	0–1	Lugano	Zürich
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Morandi 64' Paskotši 79'	Report	Celar 10' (pen.) 40' El Wafi 47' Belhadj Mahmoud 76' Valenzuela 89' Espinoza 90+6'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 5,449 Referee: Mirel Turkes

20 April 2024 33	Lugano	2–0	Lausanne-Sport	Lugano
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bislimi 4' Grgić 10' 76' Doumbia 75'	Report	Custodio 67' Pafundi 67' Szalai 78' Dussenne 90+5'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 3,653 Referee: Luca Cibelli

Championship Round

Swiss Cup

19 August 2023 Round 1	FC Gunzwil	0–7	Lugano	Gunzwil
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Martim Marques 4' Vladi 6' Celar 61' (pen.) Macek 70' Steffen 89' 90+4' Sabbatini 90+1'	Stadium: Sportplatz Linden Referee: David Schärli

16 September 2023 Round 2	Lancy FC	0–3	Lugano	Lancy
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Isaac Ibongo 62'	Report	Celar 45+2' 80' Bottani 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de Marignac Attendance: 500 Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam

1 November 2023 Round of 16	Lausanne-Sport	0–4	Lugano	Lausanne
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Giger 5' Dussenne 33'	Report	Vladi 22' Steffen 33' (pen.) Bislimi 56' Arigoni 57' Kukuruzović 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière Attendance: 3,026 Referee: Urs Schnyder

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

24 August 2024 First leg	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–0	Lugano	Brussels, Belgium^{[note 1]}
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Eckert 8', 42' Mac Allister 67' Terho 71' Nilsson 90+6'	Report	Sabbatini 76'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 7,238^[8] Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

31 August 2024 Second leg	Lugano	0–1 (0–3 agg.)	Union Saint-Gilloise	Geneva, Switzerland^{[note 2]}
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hajdari 40', 90+3' Bislimi 45'	Report	Eckert 7' Lapoussin 38'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 1,171^[9] Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
Note: Union Saint-Gilloise won 3–0 on aggregate.

UEFA Europa Conference League

Group stage